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DIY Art Ombre Drip Painting

A few weeks ago, I bought some canvases at Michael’s for 70% off, but so far had only used one for this painting. I was itching for something to do a few days ago, so I decided to pull out another one and go to town on another piece of DIY art. I was able to create this ombre drip painting in just a couple hours, start to finish.

I used paint from my stash of samples and leftovers. I started with a leftover can of Heirloom China, a gorgeous blue from Clark and Kensington at Ace Hardware, a can of white and leftover Mindful Gray by Sherwin Williams.

Ombre drip painting - Easy DIY art

First I painted a few inches of white across the top, then added a few inches of the gray. Then for the remaining strips, I just added a little more of the blue to the cup of gray I started with, each stripe getting a little darker. For the last stripe, I just used the Heirloom China at full strength. I didn’t clean the brush in between each color, adding to the ombre effect by mixing a little of the lighter color with the darker shade.

Ombre drip painting - easy diy art

Then I sprayed the whole thing down with water while it was still wet. I let it drip for a little while, about 3 minutes.

DIY Art Ombre Drip Painting - Easy DIY painting

Then I flipped it over, and sprayed it down again, this time concentrating on the bluest section.

DIY drip painting - ombre effect

Again I let it sit  while it dripped color the opposite way. Then I sprayed a little more water, making the color run more. It was a pretty neat effect, but can you see at the top of the blue section where it started to really dilute the blue too much? That kind of bugged me.

DIY Art Ombre Drip Painting

So I quickly added more blue paint to the darkest stipe at the top, and immediately sprayed it down with water. While I loved that it covered the light spots, or at least made it blend better, it really made the whole painting pretty dark.

DIY ombre drip painting - more white added

I flipped the painting again, after giving the blue a little time to dry, otherwise this next step would have made a mess. I took some of the white paint, and watered it down. Then I used a spray bottle to apply the white paint across the (now) top of the painting, allowing it to drip back into the dark blue spaces.

After it was done drying, I was going to add more blue the same way I had done the white, but I was afraid to lose the cool effect that was already going on, so I left it as is.

DIY ombre drip painting in MCM Hollywood Regency dining room

It’s found a place in our dining room, which picks up on all the other blue and white decor in there. It might eventually find it’s way to our bedroom once I get a chance to pull it together.

DIY Ombre Effect Drip Painting

So, what do you think? Is it something you would try?

Thanks for stopping by – come again soon!

Eliesa

 

 

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Comments

  1. Crafty3rd says

    November 16, 2016 at 4:52 pm

    Love it!

    Reply
  2. CONNIE says

    January 4, 2017 at 10:07 am

    Inspirational! I am am going to try this!

    Reply
  3. Julie Mandell says

    May 26, 2018 at 10:57 pm

    Just beautiful!

    Reply

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